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jborushko:
Re shooting off a bench, I guess that weight is not a consideration, though in bench rest competition, I thought that there were weight limits according to the class of rifle you were shooting in.
Speaking personally, the only thing I ever hunted as long range was the 5 V Target, used at 1000 yards and one match in 1972 as I recall, when they were "expirementing" with a 10 point decimal target for 1000 yards.
I never myself found it necessary to use anything more powerful than the 30-06 for 1000 yard shooting, but thren all I was doing was making a 30 caliber hole in a sheet of paper. As I had mentioned, in National Match Course of long range competition, I felt that a rifle in the range of 10-perhaps 12 pounds was quite comfortable, and with a properly designed stock, would handle recoil quite nicely. Bench Rest shooting, except for load development/testing was not anything I involved myself in.
Good luck with your "new" rifle.
Alan
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